The slow electrooculogram oscillation in malignant choroidal melanoma

Doc Ophthalmol. 1989 Apr;71(4):403-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00152767.

Abstract

Electrooculographic recordings were performed in a series of patients with malignant choroidal melanoma. The amplitudes of the light peaks were reduced in all cases compared with the recordings of the normal fellow eyes. The amount of reduction of the light peaks appeared to be dependent on localization of the tumor. The electrooculograms of eyes with tumors of the posterior pole were found to be reduced significantly. Eyes with malignant melanomas located in the peripheral fundus displayed minor reductions.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Choroid Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Electrooculography*
  • Female
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Melanoma / physiopathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Oscillometry